Information Circular 9352: Fires in Abandoned Coal Mines and Waste Banks

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• Personal Author:
  Chaiken, Robert F. ; Kim, Ann G.
• Description:
  Fires that occur in abandoned coal mines, waste banks and in coal outcrops constitute a serious health, safety and environmental hazard. Toxic fumes, the deterioration of air quality, and subsidence constitute the greatest hazards from these fires. Although fires on abandoned mined land (AML) occur in every coal producing state, the severity of the problem varies. Methods to extinguish or control AML fires, including excavation, fire barriers and sealing, are generally expensive and have a relatively low probability of success. The report includes information from a variety of sources. Factors affecting the occurrence, propagation and extinguishment of AML fires are discussed. Conventional fire control methods are described, and their probable effectiveness is evaluated. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Air Pollution Coal Coal Mining Fires Hazardous Substances Mining Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Abandoned-shafts Air-pollution Air-pollution-control Barriers Coal-mines Effectiveness Excavation Fire-control Fire-extinguishers Fire-safety Government-agencies Health-hazards National-government Sealing Spoil State-government Subsidence Toxicity Underground-mining Waste-banks

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• Series:
  Mining Publications
• Subseries:
  Information Circular
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  District of Columbia ; OSHA Region 3
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  WO - Washington Office
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  70 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:10012129
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB93-232551
• Citation:
  Washington, DC: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, IC 9352, 1993 Jan; :1-58
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1993
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Washington, DC: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, IC 9352
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:5a428bc4324bdf453f4fb46bb28070620ec54cc3380ad09c7b48045ddb17b00a37d69938356d2ff17a35e8d4c0658c9dda721f0b15a76d5348e561b5d9266722
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/206314/cdc_206314_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 6.86 MB ]